Mailing-folder.



- B. E. MORELAND.

MAILING FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. I917.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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BERT RAM E. MORE-LAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MORELANDADVERTISING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MAILING-FOLDER.

Patented Mar.2fi,1l91@.

Application filed December 3, 1917. Serial No. 205,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTRAM E. Moran- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mailing-Folders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates .to advertising devices and comprises a to befolded to form an envelop, and a return card to'be inserted within thefolded letter or envelop, and the object of the invention is to provideimproved means for locating and confining the return card within thefolded letter or envelop and to permit ready removal of the card afterunfolding of the letter envelop.

On the accompanying drawing the features of my invention are clearlyillustrated.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the letterunfolded and the return card in place,

Fig. 2 shows the letter with the card therein folded up to formtheenvelop, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on plane 3-3, Fig. 2.

A rectangular sheet of comparatively stiff paper is creased transverselyalong, one or.

more lines 10 to enable the sheet to be readily folded to form theenvelop, the end section 11 being somewhat narrower and having its sidesbeveled to form the flap to which a seal 12 may be applied to close theenvelop. The end section 13 of the sheet has the tongue let extendingtherefrom for supporting the return card 15. This card has the extension16 provided with the slot 17 for receiving the tongue 14. The width ofthe extension being such that when the card is applied to the tongue andthe sheet folded along the lines 10, the fold at the base of the outersection 13 will engage with and surround the outer edge of the extensionand the card will be held in position on the tongue in. the folded sheetor envelop. Instead of having one or more intermediate sections 13 therecould be only one with a flap thereon so that the fold joining the flapto the sheet would engage around the projection to hold the cardsecurely in place. When the seal is broken and the letter unfolded thecard can readily be slipped from the tongue. Preferably the letter sheetadapted card has slits or perforations 19 along the juncture of theextension 16 with the card so that this extension can be readily torn OKafter removal of the card from the letter, the card being then ofordinary postal-card dimensions.

The arrangement I have described is very simple and practica, therebeing no slits or openings in the letter sheet itself which would weakenit or permit ready tearing thereof. The tongue and slot permit the cardto be very easily positioned and held in the sheet during foldingthereof, and after folding it is impossible for the card to becomedisplaced or lost.

Having described my invention, as follows:

1. In an advertising device of the class described, the combination of aletter sheet scored transversely to form folding lines whereby the sheetmay be readily folded into an open-ended envelop, a tongue extendingfrom one end of said sheet, and a return card having a slot forreceiving said tongue whereby said card will be positioned and heldafter folding of the sheet.

2. In an advertising device of the class described, the combination of arectangular sheet, a tongue extending from one end of said sheet, areturn card, ,and an extension on said return card provided with a slotfor receiving said tongue, said sheet having a transverse folding creasein such position relative to the card on the tongue that when the sheetis folded at the crease it will engage against and around the extensionto hold the card on the tongue.

3. In an advertising device, the combination of a rectangular sheet ofpaper creased transversely to longitudinally divide the sheet into'aplurality of sections and to permit folding together of such sectionsinto the form of an open-ended envelop, the end section having a tongueextending from its transverse edge, and a return card having a slot atone edge for receiving said tongue, said sheet when folded togetherreceiving the card edge'in a fold to hold it on the tongue.

4. In an advertising device of the class described, the combination of arectangular sheet of paper adapted to be folded along transverse linesto form an envelop, a short I claim tongue extending from one end ofsaid sheet a return card, an extension for one edge of said card havinga slot for receiving said tongue, said card edge being held in one of 5the folds when the sections are folded together to be thereby heldagainst displacement, there being perforations along the base of saidcard extension whereby said extension may readily be torn from the card.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe l0 my7name this 28th day ofNovember, A. D., 191

BERTRAM E. MORELAND.

